Chiara Vercesi is an award-winning illustrator from Milan (Italy) currently based in Amsterdam. She has gained international recognition for her editorial and advertising illustrations, with a strong emphasis on science and environmental themes.
Her work can be found in publications and advertising campaigns across the world. She’s also been spotted giving lectures at universities in The Netherlands and the US, teaching creative practice on Domestika, and mentoring new creatives with The Arena.
Her most recent Awards include the World Illustration Awards category winner (Advertising 2022, Science & Technology 2023), American Illustration 42, Communication Arts 64, and SOI 64 and 66.
In a previous life, she worked as a designer and art director in a digital agency, as an illustrator and concept artist for different boardgame companies, and in 2018 she co-founded Sail Ho collective with a bunch of friends.
Hope in Crisis
Hope in Crisis - The opioids epidemic in the US
Cover for William & Mary University quarterly alumni magazine
George Orwell - 1984
George Orwell - 1984
George Orwell portrait - Uncommissioned
Siouxie Sioux
Siouxie Sioux
Siouxie Sioux portrait - Uncommissioned
Hand hygiene practices on healthcare facilities worldwide
Hand hygiene practices in healthcare facilities worldwide
The Lancet Infectious Diseases - CoverJune 2021
How Covid restrictions impacted the spreading of mosquito-borne diseases in Latin America
How Covid restrictions impacted the spreading of mosquito-borne diseases in Latin America
The Lancet Infectious Disease - Cover May 2021
Association between women’s authorship and women’s editorship in medical journals
Association between women’s authorship and women’s editorship in infectious diseases journals
The Lancet Infectious Disease - Cover October 2021
The Human Dignity Series
Campaign poster and book cover
Campaign poster for The Human Dignity Series by Porticus Global
Urban Heat Islands
Environmental Health Equity Files - Urban Heat Islands
Editorial Illustration for Scientific American
Grey Crowned Crane
Endangered Animals Series - Grey Crowned Crane
Endangered Animals Series for Domestika illustration course
European Bison
Endangered Animals Series - European Bison
Endangered Animals Series for Domestika illustration course
Polar Bears
The Price of Extinction - Polar Bears
Hero image for The Price of Extinction, a fundraising campaign by Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo
